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Patent GB-189819491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Telegraphs.
Inventor: KUSTERMANN JOHANN
Filed: 1898-09-13
Granted: 1899-02-18
Abstract: 19,491. Kustermann, J. Sept. 13. Telegraphs.-Relates to means for ensuring the automatic regulation of a number of Hughes printing - telegraph apparatus, arranged in series, so that, should any instrument get out of synchronism, n o signal can be sent or received until such synchronism is restored. Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of the apparatus, in which o<1>, i is a V lever projecting into the path of the rotating contactwiper h at a point in the disc z where there are no pins r<0>. The outer end of the lever i plays between two stops r, p connected respectively to the controlling-magnet M' and the printing-magnet M'. The magnet M<2> is polarized, and releases its armature s', when a current flows through its coils. The armature has two extensions g, g<1>, the Iatter forming a detent for the lever i. The arm g engages with a pivoted stop lever f, which stops the half-round stud c, or allows it to pass according to whether the instruments are in synchronism or not. Each instrument is provided with a throw-over switch and a battery. The switch lever i may also have a heel portion playing between stops connected to two of the throw-over switch springs.
Patent GB-189822616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: DALLMEYER THOMAS RUDOLPHUS
Filed: 1898-10-27
Granted: 1899-10-27
Abstract: 22,616. Dallmeyer, T. R. Oct. 27. Cameras.-Relates to a method of taking four or other number of photographs with one camera by the use of a rotating mirror. Dark slides b containing plates &c. are attached to the four sides of the camera. A mirror g at an angle of 45‹ to the axis of the camera is mounted on a frame c, which can be rotated in the ball bearings d and f. The image from the lens a<1> is thus thrown successively on the four sides of the camera. The frame c is rotated by a coiled spring h, and stopped opposite each side by a ratchet pawl controlled by the air ball n. A modification is described in which the mirror axis has a bearing at the front of the camera only.
Patent GB-189826332-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Match.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM PERCY
Filed: 1898-12-13
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 26,332. Jones, W. P., and Bates, H. M. Dec. 13. Matches.-An igniting-paste for use in the manufacture of matches may contain chlorate of potash, sulphide of antimony, thiosulphate of tin, copper, bismuth, or other heavy metal, oxide of manganese, bichromate of potash, glass powder, red prussiate of potash, and gelatine, glue, or gum. In order to neutralize any acidity in the paste, dilute ammonia may be added, preferably to the gelatine &c. before use. Other ingredients may be used in making the paste, such as nitrate of potash, oxide of lead, oxide of mercury, sulphur, thiosulphate of soda and ammonia, oxides of copper, picric acid and the pierates, charcoal, whiting, plaster of Paris, china clay, or the like.
Patent GB-189901260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single or Double Outlet Standpipes for Hydrants.
Inventor: HISLOP DAVID BLAIKIE
Filed: 1899-01-19
Granted: 1899-11-25
Abstract: 1260. Hislop, D. B. Jan. 19. Hydrants and stand-pipes.-The ball valve of a hydrant or stand-pipe is opened by means of a rod 11 provided with a handle or lever 15, and with projecting pins 17 which engage helical grooves 16 in an extension of the stuffing-box gland 13. When the valve is open, the pin 17 engages in the annular recess 26. To hold the valve partially open, a recess may be made at the middle of the helical slots. To prevent the valve from closing too rapidly and causing shock in the pipes, the stuffing- box is continued to form a cushioning-cylinder 18 in which works a leather-packed piston 21. The rate of closing is regulated by a screw 24. The Provisional Specification describes a modification in which an eccentric or cam is used to operate the valve rod.
Patent GB-189904936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wagon Brakes.
Inventor: PARKER HAYDON
Filed: 1899-03-06
Granted: 1900-01-06
Abstract: 4936. Parker, H. March 6. Brakes.-The brake shaft A is turned by the levers D, E from the bell-cranked lever F, G, the shaft H of which carries a lever G<1> at its other end, so that the brake can be operated from either side of the wagon. The lever G is retained, when applied, by the rack I, and can be released from either side by the apparatus described in Specification No. 5099, A.D. 1896. In a modification, the shaft H is nearly over the shaft A.
Patent GB-189909285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Drilling, Boring, and Rimering Machinery.
Inventor: ANDERSON THOMAS
Filed: 1899-05-03
Granted: 1900-03-24
Abstract: 9285. Anderson, T. May 3. Boring and drilling.-Relates to mechanism for drilling, boring, or reamering various articles, and is especially applicable for forming taper holes in shaft coupling-flanges such as on crank or propeller shafts. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of the mechanism clamped to the flanges a to be bored by means of bults b<1> through ears b. The mechanism may also be supported by a chain passing over the flanges a and fixed to eye-bolts. The tool t is fixed to the carrier i, one part of which. extends into a slot in the boring-bar h and is engaged by the feed-screw j in the centre of the bar. The ends of the bar h are fixed to pieces k, k<1>, themselves fixed eccentrically in sleeves l, m as shown. These sleeves are rotated in bearings e, f by means of a worm-wheel n<3>, which is fixed to the sleeve m and actuated by a worm n on a shaft n' connected to any suitable portable motor such as an electric motor. The feed-screw j is fitted to the shaft p rotated by the star-wheel o<3>, shaft o<1>, and bevel-wheels o<2>, p<1>. The shaft o' is carried by the head o, which turns with the piece k and the boring-bar. In fixing the apparatus to its work, the boring-bar is removed, and a cylindrical bar is passed through the bearings e,f and the bolt-holes in the flanges a to be bored or rimered.
Patent GB-189910195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Boiling and Treating Hops.
Inventor: MUELLER ADALBERT
Filed: 1899-05-15
Granted: 1899-06-17
Abstract: 10,195. M³ller, A. May 15. Brewing.-Relates to the extraction of hops in the process of brewing, and consists in the use of the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, which is immersed in the wort in the wort copper. It consists of a cylindrical vessel a in which the hops are placed, and which is provided with a sieve bottom b and a revolving shaft c carrying rakes or the like e, which revolve between fixed rakes f. Helical blades g are also fixed on the shaft c. At the end of the operation, a number of doors h are opened, and the contents of the vessel are mixed with those of the wort copper. In a modification, the vessel rests on the bottom of the wort copper, the sieve bottom b is dispensed with, and the casing a is perforated to allow access of the wort to the interior of the vessel.
Patent GB-189915996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound Locating Devices.
Inventor: ALFRED MONTGOMERY GOODALE
Filed: 1899-08-04
Granted: 1899-09-30
Abstract: 15,996. Lake, H. H., [Goodale, A. M.]. Aug. 4. Sounds, locating.- Relates to apparatus for determining the direction of sounds on board ship &c. Several sound trumpets a, a<2>, a<3> are mounted so as to point in several directions. Each trumpet is provided with a microphone, the circuits of which are connected in parallel to an induction coil and a three-way switch. A single telephone receiver is in the secondary circuit.
Patent GB-189918241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incandescence Gas Lamps and Burners.
Inventor: CERVENKA EMANUEL
Filed: 1899-09-09
Granted: 1899-12-16
Abstract: 18,241. CÚrvenka, E. Sept. 9. Incandescent gas lamps.-The lamps are designed to resemble, and may be used in place of, incandescent electric lamps upon ornamental b r a ckets, pendants, and other supports. The part e of the burner supply pipe is preferably made of glass to minimize shadow, and a short bunsen tube w may he employed, by placing in it either spiral baffles a or short vertical tubes in combination with a baffle j, or an adjustable tube, to fasilitate the mixture of the gas and air before the mixed gases reach the perforated head u of the burner. The globe band the chimney i are preferably formed in one, the air supply entering at the shade-protected openings l, and the products of combustion escaping through the chimney i and impinging upon a deflector or dispersing-plate p.
Patent GB-189920344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Use in the Dyeing or Colouring, Impregnation, and like Treatment of Paper.
Inventor: HOLUB LUDWIG
Filed: 1899-10-10
Granted: 1900-03-31
Abstract: 20,344. Holub, L. Oct. 10. Paper machines; colouring web.-Relates to means for applying colouring-matter and other liquids to paper, either on the wet press, on the drying-cylinders of the paper machine, or on the finished paper. The liquid is supplied from a tank i through a float-valve j and pipe k to a distributing-pipe m, which extends the length of a receptacle or box, of which the ends fit closely to the roller a and the sides are formed by pivoted scrapers f, e. The scraper f fits closely to the roller, and does not allow any liquid to pass, while the scraper e is adjustable towards and from the roller by means of a screw g. The paper is subsequently dried &c. in the usual manner. When the invention is applied above a heated drying-cylinder, two rollers are interposed between the roller a and the drying-cylinder.
Patent GB-189922347-A (GB)
Title: Improved Paper-cutting Machine.
Inventor: FOMM RUDOLF KARL
Filed: 1899-11-08
Granted: 1900-09-01
Abstract: 22,347. Fomm, R. K., Fomm, H., and Fomm, G. Nov. 8. Clutches.-Relates to a friction clutch for a rocking-shaft operating the clamping apparatus of a guillotine paper-cutting machine. The ring r is secured to the shaft k and the casing g is reciprocated. The ring is expanded within the casing by the lever o operated by a screw.
Patent GB-190005280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranks for Shafting.
Inventor: KINDSFATTER CARL LORENZ
Filed: 1900-03-20
Granted: 1900-04-21
Abstract: 5280. Kindsfatter, C. L. March 20. Cranks for shafting, bicycles, power presses, punching-machines, power shears, &c. An. auxiliary crank 3 is fixed on the axle by a pin 9 ; the main crank 8 fits over the end of the axle and against the auxiliary crank, to which it is secured by a pin 12 having a head seated in a countersunk recess. The outer end of the pin is tapped to receive a screw, the head of which is seated in a countersunk recess in the washer 16.
Patent GB-190008633-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Roofing Tile Made of Artificial Cement.
Inventor: KISTNER GEORG
Filed: 1900-05-10
Granted: 1900-06-23
Abstract: 8633. Kistner, G. May 10. Roofing-tiles.-Ribs l under the lower edges of cement tiles, enter recesses c in the upper faces of the adjacent tiles, and deeper ribs k bear against the upper edges of the tiles. The tiles are formed with raised ornamentations b, hanging nibs h, feathers i, and interlocking ribs or feathers and recesses at the sides d, e. The tiles are laid with cement between the joints.
Patent GB-190009754-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device or Apparatus for Conveying Sanitary Pipes and other Similar Articles from Place to Place.
Inventor: SABINE TIMOTHY
Filed: 1900-05-28
Granted: 1900-12-15
Abstract: 9754. Sabine, T. May 28. Hand-trucks.-Relates to means for making more resilient a wheeled carrier for conveying plastic earthenware pipes &c. to the drying-shed &c. L-shaped prongs L, for supporting a plate with the plastic pipe or article, are secured in forked brackets H clamped to an axle A, which is mounted between wheels B, and fitted with a handle C, adjustable radially by means of a pivot E and screw F passing through a perforated bracket D clamped to the axle. Springs or rubber sleeves 0 are interposed between washers on the prongs, and the compression of the springs is regulated by nuts P and studs M. The prongs are adjustable along the axle, and may be connected by a cross-bar R, and strengthened by side-struts S.
Patent GB-190013501-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Frame for Displaying Advertisements.
Inventor: SYMONS FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1900-07-27
Granted: 1900-09-29
Abstract: 13,501. Symons, F. T. July 27. Advertising.- The frame A for advertisements has a celluloid or xylonite t r a n s - parent front E and a backing B hinged to the base, between which and the transparent front the material bearing the advertisements is held.
Patent GB-190013892-A (GB)
Title: Heating Bodies for Exciting Electrical Incandescence Bodies made of Second-class Conductors.
Inventor: FEENY VICTOR FALLON
Filed: 1900-08-02
Granted: 1901-01-19
Abstract: 13,892. Feeny, V. I., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Gesellschaft]. Aug. 2. Incandescent lamps. -Auxiliary heaters for incandescence bodies are made by winding fine platinum, nickel, or other wire on thin rods of kaolin, porcelain, magnesia, fireclay, or other fireproof material, and the rods are formed into coils. In one method of coiling, the rod, previously burnt hard without the wire, is formed by heating it before a gas blowpipe and winding it on a spindle. In another method, the rod is moulded from a mixture of the powdered fireproof material with dextrin, tragacanth, starch, or other agglutinant, wound with the wire, and then softened by immersion in water or other solvent, so that it can be formed into a coil, after which it is heated in a furnace or by passing current through the wire.
Patent GB-190018090-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Tension Devices for Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: BALDWIN ALFRED
Filed: 1900-10-11
Granted: 1901-01-12
Abstract: 18,090. Baldwin, A. Oct. 11. Loom shuttles.-The thread D from the bobbin C passes through an opening in a spring tension lever G and between a cylindrical part g or a roller at the end of this lever, and a curved friction plate F on its way to the eye E. The lever G is mounted by a bush and screw I upon the base f of the friction plate, and its tension is regulated by attaching one end of its spring J to an adjustable plate K. The thread is guided by a bridge a<4>, and the pivot parts are protected by a projection a<2>. A lateral projection may also be arranged to cover the inner end of the eye and a portion of the tension lever, so that the thread may be sucked through the eye in the ordinary manner.
Patent GB-190023016-A (GB)
Title: Improved Gauge for Use in Shrinking Cranks and Liners upon Shafts and for like Purposes.
Inventor: ALLAN JAMES
Filed: 1900-12-17
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 23,016. Allan, J. Dec. 17. Calliper and like gauges for fixing the relative diameters of eyes and pins or liners and shafts prior to shrinking one upon the other. The straight bar A bears a slide C, which can be moved along its whole length, and a similar slide B, which can only be moved by a fine adjustment J, this being done after the first bar has been clamped by a screw M. The confronting edges P of the two slides are made slightly oblique to the bar, so that, if the distance R between them is the diameter of an eye, the orthogonal distance Q is the corresponding diameter of the shaft on which the eye should be shrunk. The two sides of the slides are available for work in two materials.
Patent GB-190106415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Lighters
Inventor: GIBBENS GEORGE
Filed: 1901-03-27
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 6415. Gibbens, G. March 27. Firelighters.-Framework firelighters are built up of radial pieces D, Fig. 2, and circumferential pieces F, Fig. 1, formed by grooving deal ends, battens, and pieces of waste wood as shown, and sawing along the lines C. Wheels of various shapes may be formed, e.g., as shown in Fig. 3, a groundwork cross being first formed by pieces D, Fig. 2, grooved and halved into each other at E, another cross-cut piece placed in position forming the other two arms ; then the circumferential parts, already interlocked, are placed in the grooves of the arms. Bast or other igniting- material may be inserted in the centre of the wheel, and the whole dipped in melted resin or other inflammable material.
Patent GB-190107807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose-pipe Couplings.
Inventor: READ ROBERT WALTER
Filed: 1901-04-16
Granted: 1901-05-25
Abstract: 7807. Read, R. W. April 16. Couplings, disconnectible.-The coupling, which has no projecting members and in which the seating-surfaces are protected from injury, is shown in Fig. 1, and comprises the two parts B, D, secured to the ends of a hose and provided with locking-means. The inner flanges B<2>, d seat together, and the flange B' locks with the flange e' of the ring E separated from the part D by the washers G. The lugs b<2> on the flange B<1> are received in a corresponding number of notches in the flanges e', and the inner side surfaces of the flanges e<1> are slightly spiral. A groove b<1> is kept around the seat F, so that knocks may not be transmitted to the flanges forming the seat. The coupling is disconnected by using a spanner fitting into the holes e and b.
Patent GB-190109836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Block Packing
Inventor: HULBURD PERCY
Filed: 1901-05-11
Granted: 1902-03-20
Abstract: 9836. Hulburd, P. May 11. Stuffing-boxes.-Relates to metallic block packing, the object being to prevent distortion and liability to wedging in the stuffing-box when under compression. The packing ring or bush d, as shown in one form in Fig. 2, is made of an external diameter less than the internal diameter of the stuffing-box, and its ends are bevelled or coned at e, e to fit the neck ring and gland. If long or thin, a steel or wrought-iron ring f may be placed round the packing-bush to prevent distortion. The bush may be made in the form of two cones with their small ends in juxtaposition and entering a ring such as f.
Patent GB-190117163-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Smoke Consuming Furnace for Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: PARSON HENRY EDWIN
Filed: 1901-08-27
Granted: 1901-11-02
Abstract: 17,163. Parson, H. E. Aug. 27. Smoke-consuming; air, supplying; blast apparatus; dampers; firebridges. -In a smoke-consuming furnace for steam boilers and the like, a heated blast of air is introduced into the ashpit below the grate A by a pipe D provided at one end with a steam blower D'. The steam pipe D<2>, leading from the dome C', has a stopcock d<2>, and an automatic regulator R, which is connected by a weighted wire rope W with the blower and damper regulator R'. The regulator R<1> is connected by a weighted wire rope W<1> with the damper R<2> in the chimney, and by a pipe P with the main steam pipe of the boiler, a dirt trap P' and a condensing-coil P<2> being provided. Air-heating flues f and perforations f<1> are provided in the firebridge F and banking platform F', their communication through an opening o with the pipe D being controlled by a damper G operated by a rod g with a regulating-wheel g<1>. The grate A preferably consists of a number of bars having conical perforations and supported on tubular bearing- bars B.
Patent GB-190121382-A (GB)
Title: A Safety Device for Connecting Stirrup Leathers to Saddles
Inventor: BIEBUYCK GUSTAVE
Filed: 1901-10-24
Granted: 1901-11-30
Abstract: 21,382. Biebuyck, G. Oct. 24. Stirrup straps, sus- pending, safety saddle- bars for. The stirrup leather is supported by a bar C connected to the base-plate A by a staple B and a hook D open at the bottom. The bar carries an L-shaped latch c<2>, pivoted at c<3>. The stirrup leather is freed or by the by the turning down of the latch c<2>, or by the turning up of the bar C so as to become free from the hook D.
Patent GB-190124618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding in Position the Contents of Cigar-boxes and the like when such Boxes are in their Open Position.
Inventor: LYONS JOSEPH
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-05-15
Abstract: 24,618. Lyons, J. Dec. 3. Ticket holders.- Relates to means for holding the covers and contents of cigar and other boxes when open, and of displaying a ticket. Two metal or other strips a, b provided with overlapping slotted portions d, are secured to the sides of the box by piercers c passed through their bent and folded ends c'. The strip e, provided with a point to secure it to the lid of the box, is formed with a ticket-holding tang e<2>, and is secured to the parts a, b by means of a set-screw f which passes through the slots d.
Patent GB-190124826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Sticks for Umbrellas and Parasols.
Inventor: CHAMBERS FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1901-12-05
Granted: 1902-10-09
Abstract: 24,826. Chambers, F. W. Dec. 5. Umbrella sticks; top-notches.-The end of the metal tube which carries the top-notch is reduced to a tapered form, and made to enclose a short length of rod B, over which the top-notch C is slipped or with which it is made integral. The inner rod may be indented, the metal of the outer tube being forced into the indentations, or the inner tube may be otherwise fixed. The length of the reduced portion may vary. The opposite end of the tubular stick may be closed upon a length to which the handle is secured.
Patent GB-190126457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Brake Apparatus for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: GRESHAM JAMES
Filed: 1901-12-27
Granted: 1902-12-24
Abstract: 26,457. Gresham, J., Gresham, H. E., and Kiernan, G. Dec. 27. Brakes, vacuum. Relates to the construction of brake cylinders having positively-operated valves in addition to the automatic ball valves; supplementary or emergency valves are also fitted to the train-pipe. Fig. 2 shows a brake cylinder with a ball and lift valve casing attached, and suitable for use with a separate vacuum chamber, not shown. The cylinder is in two parts c, z having annular channels x, y affording communication with the channels 2, r in any relative position the parts c, z may occupy. The upper part z has an eye 8 for slinging the whole cylinder, and receives the packed end of the piston 3, which works in the unbored portion c with a minimum amount of clearance. In a modification, the brake cylinder may form part of the vacuum chamber. The valve d, which has a spindle g for manual operation, rests on the seat e, and is secured to the diaphragm k which excludes air from the chamber h. The ball valve t is seated within the valve d, and controls the channel p, and the channels n, q respectively lead to the bottom and top of the cylinder, the arrangement being such that air can only pass from the bottom to the top through the valve d, but air can pass from the top to the bottom or to the trainpipe, which is connected to the channel m. The ball valve may be arranged to lift vertically. Fig. 5 shows one construction of the emergency valve 11, which is attached to the diaphragm 17 separating the chambers 15, 18. The valve 11 has an aperture 19 which is throttled by the pin 20 when the valve is closed. When air is admitted suddenly to the train-pipe 14, the valve 11 is lifted, and air enters the casing through the flap valve 16 and passes to the train-pipe 14, and also through the aperture 19 to the chamber 18, which communicates with the brake cylinder. In a modification, the valve 11 contains a small central valve for controlling the aperture 19 in lieu of the pin 20. This central valve has a small leakage groove in its seating. The flap valve 16 has an eye 28 for the reception of the hook 27.
Patent GB-190204409-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Postal Envelope, Card, or Wrapper.
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM EDWIN
Filed: 1902-02-21
Granted: 1903-01-15
Abstract: 4409. Phillips, W. E. Feb. 21. Envelopes, lettercards wrappers, postal. The Figure shows a form of blank which may be used for an envelope, a lettercard, or a wrapper. The part c is folded on the body b, then covered by the side flaps d, and the whole is secured by the gummed flap a. When used as a wrapper, the side flaps d are either tucked in first or torn-off.